Rigsby v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Murder. Appear from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Neal Rigsby was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The defendant and several others were indicted for the killing of Bill McCain by shooting him with a gun. Numerous exceptions were reserved to the introduction of the evidence, but it is deemed unnecessary to set them out here.
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Murder. Appear from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Neal Rigsby was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The defendant and several others were indicted for the killing of Bill McCain by shooting him with a gun. Numerous exceptions were reserved to the introduction of the evidence, but it is deemed unnecessary to set them out here. There was evidence tending to show a conspiracy between those indicted to kill deceased, and it was contended that this defendant did the shooting that resulted in the death of the defendant. The judge’s charge was reduced to writing, and is…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The defendant was indicted under the name of “Neal Rigsby, alias Neal Rigby.” In the copy of the indictment served on him before entering upon the trial his name was stated as “Neal Rigby, alias Neal Rigby.” The defendant objected to being put upon his trial for the alleged reason that he had not been served with a true copy of the indictment against him one entire day before the day if his trial. The point made is that in the original indictment his name is stated to be “Neal Rigsby, alias Neal Rigby”; the difference between the original and the copy being that in the copy the letter “s” is…
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